History. Code 1981, § 24-7-701 , enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.
History of Code section.
Former Code Section 24-9-66, which contained comparable provisions to subsection (b) of this Code section, as effective January 1, 2013, was derived from the decision in Central R.R. & Banking Co. v. Skellie, 86 Ga. 686 , 12 S.E. 1017 (1891).
Cross references.
Opinion testimony by lay witnessess, Fed. R. Evid. 701.
Law reviews.
For comment on Caldwell v. State, 82 Ga. App. 480 , 61 S.E.2d 543 (1950), see 14 Ga. B.J. 241 (1951).
For article analyzing Georgia business entries provisions, see 4 Mercer L. Rev. 313 (1953).
For comment on Corley v. Russell, 92 Ga. App. 417 , 88 S.E.2d 470 (1955), holding that the opinion of an expert is inadmissible in a negligence action, as that is the very issue the jury is impaneled to try, see 18 Ga. B.J. 338 (1956).
For comment on Northwestern Univ. v. Crisp, 211 Ga. 636 , 88 S.E.2d 26 (1955), concerning the admissibility of lay opinions regarding the sanity of a testator, see 19 Ga. B.J. 82 (1956).
For comment discussing the use of hypothetical questions to avoid the requirements of first-hand knowledge, see 19 Ga. B.J. 346 (1957).
For comment on Western & A.R.R. v. Hart, 95 Ga. App. 810 , 99 S.E.2d 302 (1957), holding that the accuracy of the opinion of a 12-year-old as to the speed of a train is a matter for the jury to decide and its admission into evidence was not error, see 20 Ga. B.J. 395 (1958).
For comment on Hoard v. Wiley, 113 Ga. App. 328 , 147 S.E.2d 782 (1966), see 3 Ga. St. B.J. 476 (1967).
For comment on Hoard v. Wiley, 113 Ga. App. 328 , 147 S.E.2d 782 (1966), see 3 Ga. St. B.J. 476 (1967).
For note on admissibility of expert psychological testimony in Georgia, see 4 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 117 (1988).
For annual survey of evidence law, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 235 (2004); 57 Mercer L. Rev. 187 (2005); and 58 Mercer L. Rev. 151 (2006).
For annual 11th Circuit survey of evidence law, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 1273 (2005); and 57 Mercer L. Rev. 1083 (2006).